Introduction to Psychology

Friday, July 20, 2012

Today is your last council, take a moment to say a proper goodbye to your group.

1. Take one full minute to list all that comes to mind on what you are grateful for regarding your council experience or list 10 things you are grateful for. **We will need a time keeper for this exercise

2. How have you benefited from practicing council with your group? What are 2 specific and real life examples that show how council has had a positive impact on you. Please share these 2 stories with your group.

3.What have you learned over the last several weeks regarding your ability to listen? What are ways you struggled with listening, and how have you addressed these struggles with your council experience?

4. What have you learned over the last severalweeks regarding your ability to share and speak to others? What are ways you have struggled with sharing/speaking, and how have you addressed these struggles with your council experience?

5. Please state 2 unique and positive things you can say about each of your group members. Make sure to say their name first then give them your feedback. Reminder we are not giving advice or counseling others here, we are simply giving pure compliments.

Definition
Learning (also known as, ________________) is a ________________________________ in an organism’s behavior due to ________________.

Council #7
What is your definition of learning? How have you proven to yourself you learned something? Please share an example.

Think about learning in the classroom. In what ways do you learn? Please share an experience that a specific way of learning actually helped you learn academic material.
Think about learning in the “real world.” Please share a real life experience that taught you a major lesson. What was the lesson about? Why was it important to retain/use?
Why is it important to you to retain information? How has this shown up to be useful in your personal relationships, at work, and at school?

How Do We Learn?
In ________________ Conditioning, we learn by ________________________________________________.

In ________________ Conditioning, we pair a ________________________________________________.

In ________________________________, individuals learn through ________________ others who receive rewards and punishments.

The Most Famous Classical Conditioning Experiment

Ideas of classical conditioning originate from old philosophical theories. However, it was the ________________________________ who elucidated classical conditioning. His work provided a basis for later behaviorists like ________________.

Classical Conditioning Group Discussion:
Identify the:
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Unconditioned Response (UR)
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Conditioned Response (CR)
1) It is springtime and the pollen from the flowers causes you to sneeze. Soon you are sneezing every time you see a flower.
2) The sight of food makes you hungry. Soon every time you go into the kitchen, you feel hungry.
3) Every time you take a shower, someone in the house flushes the toilet causing the water to turn cold and you to become cold. Now every time you hear a toilet flush, you get cold.

Classical Conditioning Also Affects ________________!- How?
1. Sharp objects 27. Being with drunks
2. Being a passenger in a car 28. Illness or injury to loved one
3. Dead bodies 29. Being self-conscious
4. Suffocating 30. Driving a car
5. Failing a test 31. Meeting authority
6. Looking foolish 32. Mental illness
7. Being a passenger in an airplane 33. Closed places
8. Worms 34. Boating
9. Arguing with parents 35. Spiders
10. Rats and mice 36. Thunderstorms
11. Life after death 37. Not being a success
12. Hypodermic needles 38. God
13. Being criticized 39. Snakes
14. Meeting someone for the first time 40. Cemeteries
15. Roller coasters 41. Speaking before a group
16. Being alone 42. Seeing a fight
17. Making mistakes 43. Death of a loved one
18. Being misunderstood 44. Dark places
19. Death 45. Strange dogs
20. Being in a fight 46. Deep water
21. Crowded places 47. Being with a member of the opposite sex
22. Blood 48. Stinging insects
23. Heights 49. Untimely or early death
24. Being a leader 50. Losing a job
25. Swimming alone 51. Auto accidents
26. Illness

Stimulus ________________
Tendency to respond ________________________________ is called generalization.

Stimulus ________________
Discrimination is the ________________________________ between a conditioned stimulus and ________________ that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus.

Council #8
Has your definition of learning changed? Now, what do you believe it means to have learned something? Share an example of a lesson you learned, and explain how you believe you have learned to keep this lesson with you today.

What is 1 type of Classical Conditioning that you have experienced? What was the learned behavior (conditioned response)? How did you learn this new behavior (what was the neutral stimulus, ucs and ucr)? How does this behavior affect your emotional state?

Did you ever unlearn this behavior? If so, how did you unlearn it? Please explain.

Share a story of when you experience stimulus generalization

Share a story of when you experience stimulus discrimination

One of the largest contributions to our understanding of Operant Conditioning: ________________ Operant Chamber
Skinner developed the Operant chamber, or the ________________, to study operant conditioning.
Operant Chamber
The operant chamber, or Skinner box, comes with a bar or key ________________________________________________ like food or water. The bar or key is connected to devices that record the ________________.

Reinforcement: Any event that ________________ the behavior ________________.
Remember that a positive reinforcer ________________ something

Negative reinforcers ________________ something.
Negative Reinforcement Exercise
Identify the aversive (unpleasant) stimulus and the behavior being strengthened by its removal.

1. Taking aspirin to relieve a headache.
2. Hurrying home in the winter to get out of the cold.
3. Giving in to a dog’s begging.
4. Fanning oneself to escape the heat.
5. Leaving a movie theater if the movie is bad.
6. Smoking in order to relieve anxiety.
7. Following prison rules in order to be released from confinement.
8. Feigning a stomachache in order to avoid school.
9. Putting on a car safety belt to stop an irritating buzz.
10. Turning down the volume of a very loud radio.
11. Putting up an umbrella to escape the rain.

________________ Reinforcer: A ________________that gets its reinforcing power through association with the primary reinforcer.
Punishment
Results in ________________.
Justifies ________________________________.
Causes ________________ to reappear in its absence.
Causes ________________ towards the agent.
Causes one unwanted behavior to appear in ____________________________.

In children, ________________________________________________ the occurrence of these behaviors.

Operant Conditioning Applied To Your Life: ________________________________________________
Identify a behavior that you want to either increase or decrease in your life.
How will you measure your progress on this behavior?
What are some positive reinforcers you can provide yourself to change the behavior? On what schedule will you administer these reinforcers?
How will you monitor and record your progress toward changing the behavior?

The monkey on the right ________________ the monkey on the left in touching the pictures in a certain order to obtain a reward.
Mirror Neurons
Neuroscientists discovered ________________ in the brains of animals and humans that are active during observational learning.
When a monkey ________________ such as grasping, holding or tearing, these neurons fire. But they also fire when the ________________ another monkey performing the same task.
Imitation Onset
Learning by observation begins early in life. This ________________ the adult on TV in pulling a toy apart.

Applications of Observational Learning
Unfortunately, Bandura’s studies show that antisocial models (family, neighborhood or TV) may have ________________________________.

Positive Observational Learning
Fortunately, ________________________________ models may have prosocial effects.
Television and Observational Learning
Gentile et al., (2004) shows that children in elementary school who are exposed to violent television, videos, and video games express ________________ aggression.

Council #9
Think of a time when you were punished by a parent, friend, or significant other. Share this experience with your group, and express what your thoughts were during and after the punishment.

How did you respond to being punished? What actions did you have towards your punisher.

We discussed Operant Conditioning, where learning occurs from the consequences of your behavior. Think of a time you learned an important lesson (family, friends, work, or academic), and you were positive reinforced (rewarded). What was the positive reinforcement? Discuss what you learned, and if/how the positive reinforcement (increased your likelihood of applying your lesson in the future).

Think of a time when you experienced negative reinforcement (your behavior is reinforced by removing a negative event). What was the negative reinforcement? Share this experience with your group.

Think of a time you learned through observing others (modeling). Share this experience with your group.

Lastly, when interacting with people/children, what type learning techniques would you use to help someone learn. Explain your answer.

In his clinical practice, Freud encountered patients suffering from ____________________. Their complaints could not be explained in terms of purely ____________________.

Psychodynamic Perspective

Freud’s clinical experience led him to develop the first comprehensive theory of personality, which included the ____________________________________________________________.

Exploring the Unconscious

A reservoir (____________________) of ______________________________, wishes, feelings, and memories. Freud asked patients to say whatever came to their minds (____________________) in order to __________ unconscious.

Dream Analysis

Another method to analyze the unconscious mind is through interpreting __________and __________ contents of dreams.

Psychoanalysis

The process of __________ (chain of __________) leads to painful, embarrassing unconscious __________. Once these memories are retrieved and released (treatment: ____________________) the patient feels better.

Model of Mind

Personality Structure

Personality develops as a result of our efforts to resolve conflicts between our ____________________ and ____________________.

Freud believed that personality formed during the first few years of life divided into ____________________. During these stages the id’s pleasure-seeking energies focus on pleasure sensitive body areas called ____________________.

Psychosexual Stages

____________________

____________________ desire for his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father.

A girl’s desire for her father is called the ____________________.

Identification

Children cope with threatening feelings by ________________________________________. Through this process of identification, their ____________________________________________________________.

Defense Mechanisms

The ego’s protective methods of ____________________________________________________________.

Council #5

FREUD’S Psychoanalytic theory

What is your behavior mainly guided by when you are with family (your id, ego or superego)? Please share 1 example to support the analysis of yourself.

What is your behavior mainly guided by when you are at school/work (your id, ego or superego)? Please share 1 example to support the analysis of yourself.

What is your behavior mainly guided by when you are with friends (your id, ego or superego)? Please share 1 example to support the analysis of yourself.
Think about a close friend/family member/significant other. What is their behavior mainly guided by (their id, ego or superego)? How do you two interact considering the roles the id, ego and superego have on each of your behaviors?

Pick 1-2 stages you think your personality is most influenced by the most (oral, anal, phallic, latency, or genital)? What stage would Freud say you were fixated on? Explain your answer.

What 2 defense mechanisms do you know you use often? Please share an example of each.

What do you think about Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory? What do you like and dislike about his theory? Explain.

The Neo-Freudians

Like Freud, Adler believed in childhood tensions. However, these tensions were social in nature and not sexual. A child struggles with an ____________________ during growth and strives for __________ and __________.

The Neo-Freudians

Like Adler, Horney believed in the social aspects of childhood growth and development. Horney, __________ Freud’s assumption that women have ____________________ and suffer from “__________”

The Neo-Freudians

__________ believed in the ____________________, which contained a common reservoir of images derived from our species’ past. This is why many cultures share certain myths and images such as the __________ being a ____________________.

Assessing Unconscious Processes

Evaluating personality from an unconscious mind’s perspective would require a psychological instrument (__________) that would reveal the ____________________ mind.

______________________________ (TAT)

Developed by Henry Murray, the TAT is a projective test in which people express their inner feelings and interests through the __________________________________________________.

____________________ Inkblot Test

The most widely used projective test uses a set of 10 inkblots and was designed by Hermann Rorschach. It seeks to identify ____________________ by __________ their __________ of the blots.

Projective Tests: Criticisms

Critics argue that projective tests lack both __________ (consistency of results) and __________ (predicting what it is supposed to).

Evaluating the Psychoanalytic Perspective

Personality ______________________________________ and is not fixed in childhood.

Freud ______________________________________, which may be as powerful as parental influence.

Gender identity may develop ___________________ of age.

Evaluating the Psychoanalytic Perspective

There may be other reasons for dreams besides ___________________.

___________________ can be explained on the basis of ___________________ of verbal choices.

Freud's psychoanalytic theory rests on the ___________________of painful experiences into the ___________________ mind.

Evaluating the Psychoanalytic Perspective

The scientific merits of Freud’s theory have been criticized. Psychoanalysis is ___________________. Most of its concepts arise out of clinical practice, which are the ______________________________________.

Humanistic Perspective

By the 1960s, psychologists became discontent with _________________________________________________________.

Self-Actualizing Person

Maslow proposed that we as individuals are ______________________________________. Beginning with physiological needs, we try to reach the state of _________________________________________________________.

Person-Centered Perspective

Carl Rogers also believed in an individual's ___________________ tendencies. He said that ______________________________________ is an ___________________ of others despite their failings.

Assessing the Self

All of our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in an answer to the question, “___________________” refers to ___________________.

Evaluating the Humanistic Perspective

Humanistic psychology has a pervasive impact on counseling, education, child-rearing, and management with its emphasis on ______________________________________, empathy, and the thought that people are basically ______________________________________.

Evaluating the Humanistic Perspective

Concepts in humanistic psychology are ___________________ and lack scientific basis.

The individualism encouraged can lead to self-indulgence, selfishness, and an erosion of moral restraints.

Humanistic psychology fails to appreciate the reality of our ___________________. It lacks adequate balance between ________________________________.

The Trait Perspective

An individual’s unique constellation of ___________________ and consistent ways of behaving ___________________ his or her personality.

Biology and Personality

Assessing Traits

___________________ are questionnaires (often with true-false or agree-disagree items) designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors assessing several traits at once.

MMPI

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (___________________) is the most widely researched and clinically used of all personality tests. It was originally developed to identify emotional disorders.

MMPI Test Profile

The Big Five Factors

Today’s trait researchers believe that earlier trait dimensions, such as Eysencks’ personality dimensions, fail to tell the whole story. So, an expanded range (___________________) of traits does a better job of assessment.

Social-Cognitive Perspective

___________________ (1986, 2001, 2005) believes that personality is the result of an interaction that takes place between a person and their social context.

Personal Control

___________________ refers to the perception that chance or ___________________ beyond our personal control determine our fate.

Learned Helplessness

When unable to avoid repeated adverse events an animal or human ___________________.

Optimism vs. Pessimism

An optimistic or pessimistic attributional style is ______________________________________.

Research on the self has a long history because the ______________________________________is a critical part of our personality.

Benefits of Self-Esteem

___________________ argued that a successful life results from a healthy ___________________.

Self-Serving Bias

We accept responsibility for good deeds and successes more than for bad deeds and failures. ___________________ is fragile and egotistic whereas ___________________ is less fragile and less dependent on external evaluation.

COUNCIL #6

Are you an extrovert or an introvert? What are 2 things you dislike about being an extrovert/introvert?
What are 3 great things about being an extrovert or introvert based on your personal experience? How have you used being an extrovert/introvert to your advantage in the “real world”?
What is your understanding of self actualization? Do you want to be self actualized? If so, what steps would you need to take now to help you move into the process of self actualization?
Talk about one person that you know and believe is self actualized. Describe their personality. Explain why you believe they are self actualized.
Personality test (“5 Factor Model Test”): http://users.wmin.ac.uk/~buchant/wwwffi/

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Neuroscience and Behavior Chapter 2 Lecture
Student Learning Outcome Chapter 2: Explain the major divisions of the nervous system and their basic functions.

The Nervous System
The Peripheral Nervous System
The Central Nervous System

The Brain
Older Brain Structures
The Cerebral Cortex

Neural Communication
The body’s information system is built from ____________________________________________ called neurons.

Neural Communication
Neurobiologists and other investigators understand that humans and animals operate similarly when processing information.

Neuron
A nerve cell, or a neuron, __________________________________________.

Parts of a Neuron
Cell Body: ____________________________ of the neuron.

__________________: _________ extensions at the cell body. Receive messages from other neurons.

_________: __________________ of a neuron, covered with ___________________________ to insulate and __________________ messages through neurons.

Terminal Branches of axon: Branched endings of an axon that __________________ to other neurons.

Action Potential
A __________________. A brief __________________ that travels down an axon and is generated by the movement of positively charged atoms in and out of channels in the axon’s membrane.

Action Potential Properties
__________________: A strong stimulus can trigger more neurons to fire, and to fire more often, but it does not affect the action potential’s ___________________________.

_________ of an action potential _________ the same throughout the length of the axon.

Synapse
Synapse [SIN-aps] __________________ the __________________ of the sending neuron and the ___________________________ of the receiving neuron. This tiny gap is called the ___________________________.

Neurotransmitters
Neurotransmitters (_________) released from the sending neuron_________ across the synapse and _________ to receptor sites on the receiving neuron, thereby influencing it to ____________________________________.

Neurotransmitters
Divisions of the Nervous System
The Nervous System
Nervous System: Consists of ___________________________. It is the body’s speedy, electrochemical communication system.

Central Nervous System (CNS): the ___________________________.

Peripheral Nervous System (PNS): ____________________________________ that connect the central nervous system (CNS) to the rest of the _________.

Kinds of Neurons
_________ Neurons carry incoming information from the __________________ to the _________.
_________ Neurons carry outgoing information from the _________ to ___________________________.

__________________ connect the two neurons.

The Nerves
Nerves consist of neural “_________” containing many _________. They are part of the __________________ system and connect muscles, glands, and sense organs to the __________________ system.
Example: If you are in a car accident and have to get your _________ amputated, the type of nervous system damage you have suffered is to __________________ system.

Peripheral Nervous System Consists of:
Somatic Nervous System: The _________ division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the ___________________________. Helps people react consciously to environmental changes.

Autonomic Nervous System: __________________ part of the PNS that controls the __________________. This system works __________________ and without voluntary input. An example of autonomic control is movement of food through the _________ tract during sleep.

Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) Consists of:
Sympathetic Nervous System: Division of the ANS that _________ the body, mobilizing its energy in _________situations.

Parasympathetic Nervous System: Division of the ANS that _________ the body, _________ its energy.

Central Nervous System
The Brain: Older Brain Structures
The _________ is the _________ part of the brain, beginning where the spinal cord swells and enters the skull. It is responsible for __________________ functions.

Brainstem
The _________ [muh-DUL-uh] is the ___________________________ that controls heartbeat and breathing.

Brainstem
The Thalamus [THAL-uh-muss] is the brain’s __________________, located on __________________. It __________________ to the sensory areas in the cortex and __________________ to the cerebellum and medulla.

Cerebellum
The “__________________” attached to the __________________. It helps coordinate voluntary movements and balance.

Electroencephalogram (EEG)
An amplified recording of the electrical waves sweeping across the brain’s surface, measured by electrodes placed on the scalp.

The Limbic System
The Limbic System is a doughnut-shaped system of neural structures at the _____________________________________________, associated with _______________________________________________________________.

It includes the hippocampus, amygdala, and __________________.

Amygdala
The Amygdala [ah-MIG-dah-la] consists of two lima bean-sized neural clusters linked to the _____________________________________________.

Hypothalamus
The Hypothalamus lies below (hypo) the thalamus. It directs several __________________ like eating, drinking, body temperature, and control of emotions. It helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland.

The Cerebral Cortex
The intricate ____________________________________ that covers the cerebral hemispheres. It is the body’s __________________and ____________________________________.

Functions of the Cortex
The __________________ is the area at the rear of the frontal lobes that control _________ movements.
The __________________ (in the parietal lobe) receives information from ___________________________.

DVD and Video Clips
Planning, Life Goals, and the Frontal Lobe (6:25)
Frontal Lobes and Behavior: The Story of Phineas Gage (13:42)
http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1592

Visual Function
The functional MRI scan shows the visual cortex is active as the subject looks at faces.

Auditory Function
The functional MRI scan shows the auditory cortex is active in patients who hallucinate.

Language
The Brain’s Plasticity
The brain is sculpted by our _________ but also by our _________.

_________ refers to the brain’s ability to __________________ after some types of __________________.

Our Divided Brain
Our brain is divided into two hemispheres.

The _________ hemisphere processes ________________________________. In the 1960s, it was termed as the dominant brain.

The _________ hemisphere is dominant for ___________________________.

In normal people, the two hemispheres work together, are connected, and share information through the __________________.

Splitting the Brain
A procedure in which the two hemispheres of the brain are isolated by cutting the connecting fibers (mainly those of the corpus callosum) between them.

Split Brain Patients
With the corpus callosum _________, objects (apple) presented in the right visual field __________________. Objects (pencil) in the left visual field _________.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Focuses in Social Psychology Attributing Behavior to Persons or to Situations

Attribution
Theory: Fritz Heider (1958) suggested that we have a tendency to give
causal explanations for someone’s behavior, often
by______________________________________________

Attributing
Behavior to Persons or to Situations A teacher may wonder whether a
child’s hostility reflects an aggressive personality
(_______________________attribution) or is a reaction to stress or abuse
_______________________ (attribution).

Fundamental
Attribution Error The tendency to
_____________________________________________________________________
the impact of the situations in analyzing the behaviors of others leads
to the fundamental attribution error.

Role Playing
Affects Attitudes Zimbardo (1972) assigned the roles of guards and
prisoners to random students and found that
___________________________________________________________________
Every culture has:

Social roles – Culturally determined guidelines of _______________ that is expected of people, many different _________

Social
norms – __________________ provided by every culture for judging
acceptable and unacceptable behavior (spoken and unspoken rules).

Social
Influence The greatest contribution of social psychology is its study
of attitudes, beliefs, decisions, and actions and the way they are
molded by social influence.

Conformity
& Obedience Behavior is contagious, modeled by one followed by
another. We follow behavior of others to ______________________

Other behaviors may be an expression of compliance (obedience) toward authority.

Group Pressure &; Conformity An influence resulting from one’s willingness to accept others’ opinions about reality.

Council 2

1.
List 2 social roles you play out either in your family or work. Discuss
how 1 of these impacts your behavior. Share how this social role may
influence your overall personality.

2. Think about a
time when you felt pressure to conform to a social role or norm. What
was the role or norm that was expected of you? What kind of pressure did
you feel (how was it expressed)? How did you respond to it?

3.
Think about a time when you realized that the image you had of yourself
changed. What changed about how you saw yourself, and what made it
change? How did your attitude toward yourself change afterward? What
about your attitude toward others?

4. What are your
thoughts, do people conform on a regular/irregular basis? Are we
mindless zombies? Explain your answer. Deindividuation The loss of
______________________________________ in group situations that foster
arousal and anonymity.

Groupthink A mode of thinking
that occurs when the desire for ______________ in a decision-making
group _______________________________ appraisal of alternatives.

Prejudice
Simply called “prejudgment,” a prejudice is an
___________________________________________ toward a group and its
members.

Prejudice is often directed towards different
cultural, ethnic, or gender groups. Reign of Prejudice Prejudice works
at the conscious and [more at] the unconscious level. Therefore,
prejudice is more like a
______________________________________________________________________

How Prejudiced are People?

Over
the duration of time many prejudices against interracial marriage,
gender, homosexuality, and minorities have decreased. Racial &;
Gender Prejudice Americans today express much less racial and gender
prejudice, but prejudices still exist. Race Nine out of ten white
respondents were slow when responding to words like “peace” or
“paradise” when they saw a black individual’s photo compared to a white
individual’s photo (Hugenberg & Bodenhausen, 2003). Gender Most
women still live in more poverty than men. About 100,000,000 women are
missing in the world. There is a preference for male children in China
and India, even with sex-selected abortion outlawed. Social Roots of
Prejudice

Why does prejudice arise?

Social
Inequality Prejudice develops when people have money, power, and
prestige, and _______________________. _______________________________
increases prejudice. Us and

Them Ingroup: People with whom one shares a _____________________________. Outgroup:
Those perceived as different from one’s ingroup.

Ingroup
Bias: The tendency to ________________________________ Emotional Roots
of Prejudice Prejudice provides an outlet for ____________________] by
providing someone to ___________.
After 9/11 many people lashed out against innocent Arab-Americans.

Council #3
1.
Think of a time you were treated based on a stereotype someone had of
your group (this can be based on your ethnicity, gender, sexuality,
religion). Explain what was said to you and how you responded.

2.
How did you feel about what was said?. How did you respond? How has
this situation impacted your view on the world, others, or yourself?

3.
Share a story of when you have actively, peacefully, and maturely
combated a stereotype you experienced. Describe what was said and your
approach in resolving the issue. If this question does not apply,
imagine and state how you would have responded to maturely to question
#1 and #2.

4. Lets challenge society to be more
accepting by modeling accepting and loving behavior. You in? Describe
one way you can challenge one of your own stereotypes/prejudice.

Research the advantages and disadvantages of theories to develop your critical thinking.

Review your notes and/or book ____________ before every class!

Write down ____________ learned during lecture, ask your ____________ define words for your or look them up, and practice using them immediately.

Student Learning Outcome, Chapter 1:

Explain the steps of the scientific method and how it helps distinguish science from _________________.

Lecture Overview

What is Psychology?

Psychology’s Roots

Contemporary Psychology

Why Do Psychology?

What About Intuition and Common Sense?

The Scientific Attitude

Critical Thinking

How Do Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions?

The Scientific Method

Description

Correlation

Experimentation

Psychology’s Roots

Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle, a naturalist and philosopher, theorized about psychology’s concepts. He suggested that the _______________________________ and that ____________________________.

Psychological Science is Born

________ and psychology’s first graduate students studied the “atoms of the mind” by conducting experiments at Leipzig, Germany, in 1879. This work is considered the birth of psychology as we know it today.

Psychological Science is Born

American philosopher ___________ wrote an important psychology textbook in 1890.

__________, James’s student, became the APA’s first female president

Psychological Science is Born

_________________, an Austrian physician, and his followers emphasized the importance of the _________________ and its effects on human ___________.

Psychological Science is Born

Psychology originated in many disciplines and countries. It was, until the 19____, defined as the ________________________________.

Psychological Science Develops

Behaviorist

__________________________________ emphasized the study of _________ behavior as the subject matter of scientific psychology.

“This course explores the scientific principles of psychology, and
applies scientific research to aid the student in understanding the development
of personality and the achievement of a fulfilling life style.Insight is acquired into emotional
patterns, mental health and illness, human relationships, the functioning of
intelligence, learning, problem solving, motivation, and the physiological
basis of behavior.” (ELAC General Catalog).

General
Education Student Learning Objective: "The student will
be able to apply critical thinking methods to the ways that individuals or
societies behave or have behaved, in a particular situation, event, or series
of events, within their own or among other societies."

Student Learning Objectives:

SLO
1:Explain
the steps of the scientific method and how it helps distinguish science from
pseudoscience.

SLO
2:Explain
the major divisions of the nervous system and their basic functions.

Having a college education assists us in developing and
maintaining critical thinking skills. The college experience should nurture,
encourage, and support you as a student to exercise critical thinking as you apply
academic knowledge into practice.

As the instructor, I will encourage critical thinking based
discussions around the self, family, work, politics, neighborhood and worldly
issues as they relate to Psychology.I encourage the class to be a safe space to discuss your life
experiences as they connect to Psychological theories.

The expectation placed on students is to share their knowledge and
experiences, participate in group activities (i.e. in class assignments and council),
discussions, brainstorming, and to proactively study the material before and
after coming to class. In other words, I will clarify and teach psychological
theory, and you will teach the class about your knowledge and experiences as
you integrate your life and worldly experience with ideas learned in this
Psychology course.

I expect students to be respectful toward one another, as well as
to the process of council.More
information about council will be provided on ACE.

This class
focuses on communal learning, group projects and a great deal of social interaction.
The goal is to help you develop a strong academic community as you learn useful
theories in Psychology. As your Instructor, I hope to facilitate a deeper
understanding of the world, society, culture, family, and yourself. The class
will consist of several activities that focus on use of internet, small group
discussions, class discussion and interactive exercises.I believe learning can be a pleasurable
experience, and aim at creating a class culture that encourages this positivity.
Expect to have tons of fun while learning about Psychology, yourself and your
fellow students.

Please be
advised. I am a mandated reporter when teaching to students under the age of
18. Therefore, if I hear about or suspect a student who may be currently
experiencing abuse (be it emotional, physical, neglect, or witnessing domestic
violence), I am legally required to make a report to the Department of Children
and Family Services.

Keeping in touch with me: I
encourage you to drop by during my office hours if you have any questions about
the readings or other assignments. The best way to contact me is through
my email address listed at the beginning of this syllabus. I check my email
frequently, and will get back to you as soon as possible. I don not check email
late at night, so if you email me at 10 pm or midnight, I will not respond
until sometime the next day. When you
send me emails, be sure to include your ENTIRE NAME, the course name (e.g. ELAC
Psych 1 @ 3 p.m.) in the subject heading—I will not receive them unless this is
in the subject heading. Always include this if you want me to respond.

Assignments & Exams (refer to course
schedule for due dates):

Pop quizzes: There will be four
non-cumulative pop quizzes consisting of approximately 10-20 questions (these
questions may consist of a mix of multiple choice, fill in the blank, and/or
short essay questions).Each quiz
is worth 10 points. The quiz will be given at the beginning of class. PLEASE
ARRIVE EARLY! You will have 15 minutes to complete each quiz. You Instructor will usually give you an advanced
notice before a pop quiz is given.

Make-up
Quizzes: No make-up
quizzes will be given for unexcused absences. Excused absences will require
appropriate documentation that clearly indicates the reason(s) you were unable
to take the quiz at the scheduled time (e.g., note from emergency room, car
accident report). You must inform your
Instructor about missing a quiz on the date of, the day before or the day after
the quiz. Documentation needs to include
your doctor’s contact information, which will be used to verify your absence.
Make-up quizzes will be different than the missed quiz and must be taken the
following class session; unless the instructor has predetermined a
different day and time for the make up quiz. Failure to follow these procedures
will result in a “0” on the quiz.

Psychology Video Project: This will be a group project consisting
of your council group members. The presentation should total to 6-12 minutes.Each group will create a video
production regarding a Psychological Theory or 3 - 5 psychological ideas, which
will be assigned to your group by your instructor.Students will be creative and develop a skit,
dance, rap, or role-play situation and demonstrate “mastery” as they
demonstrate full competence of the psychological concept via their video
production.

The goal here is to:

A) Clearly define the Psychological theory
and/or idea as the book does (use proper APA citation and spelling).

B) Teach it to your audience as if they
have never learnt this idea.

C) Provide an accurate, clear, creative
and entertaining example of the idea. Please ensure that we do not perpetuate
racist, classist, sexist, and/pr heterosexist ideas. This video should be
consciousness raising - we will perpetuate positive psychology!

In addition, after the
video is shown in class, each group member may be asked to speak about
discussing strengths and weaknesses of their production and demonstrate full
and accurate understanding of their chosen concept.

Be as creative and
professional as possible!It is
recommended that each file be saved to a flash drive, a windows media file,
DVD, or equivalent. Please provide me with a DVD with your groups Video Project
saved onto it on the day your group presents. Each group should test their
video ahead of time to make sure it plays and has sound.All group members should arrive on time
and ready to present!

Psychology Video Projects will be graded on of 0 (low) – 5 (high) for
each areas totaling up to 50 points::

1.quality of video

2.effort

3.teamwork/group cohesion

4.creativity

5.subject mastery & delivery

6.completeness

7.accuracy of concepts

8.consciousness
raising

9.staying within time

10.students self grading

Council Group: There will be 10
council group meetings, and a blue book assignment, totaling to 50 points.
There is no possible way to make-up a council experience. If you were absent on
the day of council, you will not earn points for that missed council.However, if you are absent on the day a
council is held, you will be allowed up to one excused absence with proper
medical documentation. You must provide proper excused absence documentation is
turned in to your instructor within a week of missed class session. Failure
to follow these procedures will result in a “0” on this assignment.

Total breakdown of points:

40 points4
non-cumulative quizzes

5 pointsTBA
assignment

5 pointsTBA
assignment

50 pointsVideo
Project

50 pointsCouncil
participation

= 150 points

Grading:

A = 89-100%B
= 77-88%C
= 65-76%D
= 53-64%F
= 52% and lower

Policies:

Attendance: Students are
expected to attend class and be on time.If a student misses 2 or more class, he/she is risking being dropped
from the class by the instructor. Students must speak with Instructor if issues
with attendance and timeliness become an issue.

ELAC’s Official Policy on Academic Honesty

Students are expected to refrain from engaging in
the following behaviors:

1. Using, receiving, or providing unauthorized information
during tests or on any written assignments.

7. Bribing or attempting to bribe an instructor or other
college official for grade consideration or other special favors.

8. Violating any other standard that an instructor identifies
as cheating in that particular course or subject area.

When there
is evidence of academic dishonesty, the instructor may issue the student a zero
or “F” on that particular assignment or test. The instructor may also initiate
student discipline. Any student concerned about the implementation of this
policy should review the College Catalog Student Information, where he/she will
find references to the Student Grievance Procedure and relevant Board Rules.

Student Resources at
ELAC

A major part of your ability to do well and
succeed in this class, and in all your classes at East Los Angeles College, is
to be aware of and make use of all the resources available to you as students.
The ELAC website (http://www.elac.edu/) is a great place to get information on
all the support, academic counseling, financial assistance, student health
center, and other help available to you. More information on all of these
programs is available on the ELAC website.

Course Schedule:

ChapterTopicAssignment
Due

1 Thinking
Critically With

Psychological Science

15Social
PsychologyQuiz
#1

2The
Biology of MindQuiz
#2

12PersonalityQuiz
#3

7Learning
Quiz
#4

10Motivation
(Focus on sexuality)Group
Video Project due:

Wednesday

3 ConsciousnessFinal
– in class assignmentBring
Blue book

Thursday
May 29, 2013

3:10
p.m. – 5:10 p.m.

Final Exam Schedule:

http://www.elac.edu/schedules/2013/spring/FinalExamSchedule.pdf

*No class: Spring Break March 29, 2013 –
April 5, 2013

*Please be
advised; syllabi changes may be made during the span of this course.Students will be notified during class,
at which point it is the student’s responsibility to make changes to his/her
syllabi.